I may have booked too many mileage runs
Today was a good day for mileage run booking. I got myself a nice <3cpEQM run on mostly United Airlines metal (good for both upgrades...
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Reading the tea leaves for MileagePlus partner earning rates
With just a week to go before the new MileagePlus program launches for United Airlines and the OnePas program of merger partner Continental officially disappears,...
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United’s Star Alliance upgrades going offline for a few weeks
One interesting nugget from an announcement by a United Airlines official caught my eye today: The ability to redeem a Star Alliance upgrade is going...
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In flight: Another trip of successive downgrades
Apparently I have a habit of downgrading my travel experience almost as much as I upgrade it. Today’s flight to the Pacific Northwest was another...
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Checking in: Radisson Blu, Stockholm SkyCity
I love the arrivals service offered as part of the BusinessFirst service from United Airlines at most of their legacy Continental routes. I’m a firm...
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In flight: Newark to Stockholm in United BusinessFirst
Any trip that starts with a dozen folks hanging out in the lounge, enjoying a few drinks before the flight, has strong potential. That I...
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United/Continental drops Virgin Atlantic partnership
The frequent flyer partnership between United Airlines‘ Continental subsidiary and Virgin Atlantic is being terminated as of February 13, 2012. This date is the last...
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So, Virgin America is coming to Philly
I’ll be the first to admit that I was definitely betting against Philadelphia scoring service from Virgin America in their announcement yesterday. There were a...
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Where’s the plAAne?
The answer to that question just got a lot easier for most flights on American Airlines. Like more airlines American offers flight status information via...
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Trans-Pacific in-flight wifi coming to Qantas
Qantas announced today that they will be fitting their Airbus A380 aircraft with the OnAir SwiftBroadband connectivity suite, providing in-flight internet connectivity on trans-Pacific flights...